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A woman of uncommon courage Tuesday, April 20, 2021  |  Robert Knight - Guest Columnist Knight Hugh Hefners greatest earthly foe has died. Judith Reismans lifelong work exposed the truth about the addictive nature of pornography -- and for that the smut industry cast her as a careless, right-wing fanatic instead of the persistent, fearless academic that she was. Somewhere in the pits of Hades, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner probably is celebrating as best he can. Perhaps the porn ma...

Mrs. Reisman should be far better known for her work than she is at present. She exposed legendary sex researcher Alfred C. Kinsey as a predatory fraud in her 1990 book with Ed Eichel, “Kinsey, Sex and Fraud,” and compiled a study showing how Playboy, Penthouse and Hustler magazines had frequently used child porn imagery. Her work exposing Kinsey and the porn mags ignited an anti-pornography movement that led to President Reagan announcing the launch in May 1985 of what became known as the ...